IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Blount

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S1983IN075001

User Pedon ID: S1983IN075001

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 84P0372

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 54616

Print Date: 12/11/2024

LOCATION

Location In Web Soil Survey

AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.

Location in SoilWeb

Location in Google Maps

Std. Latitude: 40.4591675

Std. Longitude: -85.0161133

Datum: WGS84

Township: 23N

Range: 14E

Section: 7

PLSS Details: 1200 feet E and 2200 feet N of the SW corner

Location Description: Jay County, Indiana.

Map Unit: BlA—Blount-Glynwood, thin solum complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes

State: Indiana

County: IN075—Jay

MLRA: 111B—Indiana and Ohio Till Plain, Northeastern Part

Regional Office: 11—Indianapolis, IN

MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-FIN—Findlay, Ohio

PEDON

Describers Name: Travis Neely and Bill Hosteter

Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, illitic, mesic Aeric Epiaqualfs

Current Taxon Kind: series

Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description

Pedon Purpose: full pedon description

Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data

Pedon #: 1

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - Blount

Classificaton Date - 3/18/2013

Classifier - Neil Martin

Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition

Moisture Class - aquic

Moisture Subclass - aeric

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Blount

Classificaton Date - 8/1/1983

Moisture Class - aquic

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Drainage Class: somewhat poorly

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 8/1/1983 (actual site observation date)

Surface Cover Properties:

Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Drained? - no

Bedded Soil? - no

Forest Plantation? - no

Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion

Setting and Climate
Slope	Slope Length USLE	Upslope Length	Elev.	Corr. Elev	Aspect	MAP	REAP	FFD	MAAT	MSAT	MWAT	MAST	MSST	MWST	MFFP	PE Index	Climate Station ID	Climate Station Name	Climate Station Type
%	m				degrees	mm	mm		C						mm
1	—	—	—	—		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dry; clay loam; weak medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 5.5 fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P01974. many fine roots; field texture was silt loam.

Bt—18 to 35 centimeters (7.1 to 13.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior clay; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium distinct and 11 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) medium distinct mottles; weak fine prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 0.5 fine roots; faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 15 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron stains; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P01975. 2% gravel.; few iron stains surface features; few fine roots; common medium distinct 10YR58 mottles; common medium distinct 10YR52 mottles; field texture was silty clay loam.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1113625; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1113625

Bt—35 to 50 centimeters (13.8 to 19.7 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior clay; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium distinct and 11 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) medium distinct mottles; weak fine prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 0.5 fine roots; faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and faint 10YR 2 (10YR2), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P01976. 2% gravel.; few fine roots; common medium distinct 10YR58 mottles; common medium distinct 10YR52 mottles; field texture was silty clay.; continuous - phpvsfiid 1113627; patchy - phpvsfiid 1113628; continuous - phpvsfiid 1113627; patchy - phpvsfiid 1113628

BCt—50 to 63 centimeters (19.7 to 24.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior clay; 11 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) coarse distinct and 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) coarse distinct mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 0.5 fine roots; faint dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds and faint black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P01977. 3% gravel.; few fine roots; common coarse distinct 10YR52 mottles; common coarse distinct 10YR56 mottles; field texture was silty clay loam.; patchy - phpvsfiid 1113629; patchy - phpvsfiid 1113630; patchy - phpvsfiid 1113629; patchy - phpvsfiid 1113630

C1—50 to 152 centimeters (19.7 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior clay; 30 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) medium distinct and 30 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; weak coarse platy structure; extremely hard, very firm; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 84P01977. 5% gravel. Not sampled.; many medium distinct 10YR52 mottles; many medium distinct 10YR56 mottles; Field texture was silty clay loam

C2—63 to 76 centimeters (24.8 to 29.9 inches); clay; fragments. Lab sample # 84P01978. Texture and clod samples.; field texture was silty clay loam.

C3—90 to 100 centimeters (35.4 to 39.4 inches); clay; fragments. Lab sample # 84P01979. Texture and clod samples.; field texture was silty clay loam.

C4—120 to 136 centimeters (47.2 to 53.5 inches); silty clay; fragments. Lab sample # 84P01980. Texture and clod samples.; field texture was silty clay loam.